SEMINAR TOPICS
(Seminar One must be given before Seminar Two
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SEMINAR PART ONE:
Introduction to the Lost Aramaic Teachings of Yeshua
Introduction and Discussion (One hour including break)
Aramaic words used by Yeshua vs. the Greek translations in the New Testament
Jewish messianic concepts taught by Yeshua vs. Christian doctrine
The Halakah or Spiritual Path taught by Yeshua vs. Christian practice
The Basor or Proclamation of Yeshua vs. Christian Gospel
Bar-Enash (Hebrew Ben-Adam) New Humanity
Malkuth not Christian Kingdom, but Sovereignty
Emunah, Amen (AMN) not Christian “faith” or belief, but
faithfulness, fidelity
Nacham not Christian repent, but submission to divine guidance
Workshop and Discussion (Three hours including breaks)
Yeshua's Aramaic terminology and kabbalistic concepts:
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Abba: Godhead; Ruach Ha-Qodesh: “The Holy Spirit”; Qimah: “Resurrection,” The Afterlife of a Saint; Shamayyim: The Heavens; Shaqad: “Watch,” form of single-pointed Merkabah meditation; Hub: Spiritual Debt, Karma, “Sin”; Leb, Lebab: Heart, Consciousness; Shalach: Spiritual Release, “Forgiveness”; Hesed: Covenantal Love;
Tiphlah: Prayer; Our Abba: The Prayer of Yeshua, or“Lord's Prayer”
Parallels to Buddhist and Hindu teaching and practice
Yeshua's initiatic Shaqad meditation and Merkabah ascent practices
The New Humanity or Son-of-Mankind Messiah (Bar-Enash): Christhood personal goal for each soul
Divine Co-Sovereignty: New Humanity to exercise the powers and responsibilities of Godhead
Reconstructing a Possible Biography of Yeshua
o Offered for sale: Keizer's fictional biography Yeshua: The Unknown Jesus
SEMINAR PART TWO:
The Initiatic Teachings of Yeshua Embedded in The Gospel of Thomas
Introduction and Discussion (One hour including break)
Isolating the original Aramaic core sayings of the Gospel of Thomas
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Date from 30-50 C.E. (A.D.) before Paul and Gospels; oldest Aramaic teachings preserved
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Removing the Gnostic spin of the 2nd century Greek redaction of the
Gospel of Thomas
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Translating backwards from Coptic and Greek into Aramaic
Workshop and Discussion (Three hours including breaks)
Advanced spiritual Halakah preserved in the Logia of the Gospel of Thomas
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Translation and interpretation of representative kabbalistic sayings and parables
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Sayings about the Halakah of spiritual rebirth
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Merkabah ascent in Secret Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Mary
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Messianic Bridechamber vs. Gnostic
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Sayings about kabbalistic mysteries
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Sayings about death and afterlife
Offer for sale: Keizer's book The Kabbalistic Words of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas: Recovering the Inner-Circle Teachings of Yeshua